TY - JOUR T1 - Service evaluation of the impact of direct ambulance calls from paramedics to the ambulatory assessment unit in the John Radcliffe hospital, Oxford JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 14 LP - 15 DO - 10.7861/fhj.9-2-s14 VL - 9 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Barbara Onen AU - Nicola Fawcett AU - Stephen Daniel AU - Edward Samm AU - Daniel Lasserson AU - Jordan Bowen AU - Sudhir Singh Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/Suppl_2/14.abstract N2 - NHS England/Improvement wrote standard guidance (2021) supporting increased paramedic direct referrals (PDRs) to same day emergency care.1 In 2018, a pilot project looking at PDRs to senior decision makers was initiated at the John Radcliffe Hospital.2 A service evaluation was undertaken to assess the impact on the ambulatory assessment unit (AAU).Five dedicated referral phones, in a cascade system, between 8.00am and 9pm, enable senior decision makers (consultants/registrars) … ER -